Mexican diplomatic staff in Quito leave Ecuador after embassy robbery

The diplomatic staff of the Mexico came out this Sunday Quito after breaking off relations with Ecuador after the police raid on his embassy on Friday night to capture the former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glasinformed the Itamaraty of Mexico.

“Our diplomatic team leaves everything in Ecuador and returns home with Mexico’s head and name held high after an attack on our embassy“, informed the chancellor on the social network Alicia Bárcena.

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The group, which authorities say is made up of 18 people, is traveling on a commercial airline after sending a military plane was ruled out due to tensions.

The employees and their families went to the Quito Airport accompanied by ambassadors Germany, Panama, Cuba It is Hondurasin addition to the president of the Ecuador-Mexico chamber, the Itamaraty detailed in another message.

The departure of the diplomats comes after the Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared the break in relations due to the entry of police into the embassy, ​​an unprecedented event that has been condemned by Latin American countries and also by U.S, Spain and the European Union.

O Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations They also rejected this action that attacks “the inviolability”of the diplomatic facilities enshrined in the Vienna Convention from 1961.

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Jorge Glasrequired by your country’s justice system on charges of corruptionhe had been taking refuge in the Mexican diplomatic headquarters since December.

The only direct flight from Quito to Mexico City Landing is scheduled for around 12:45 pm local time (6:45 pm Brasília time) this Sunday, according to information from the air terminal.

The press was summoned by the chancellery shortly before noon.

Source: Elcomercio

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